Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Unilab Foundation and partners invite everyone to be part of this year’s 'Play Advocacy Week’

Every child
should have access to play. Be it disaster or disease, children are exposed to
different situations where they become vulnerable, and they are forced to put
their childhood on hold. They may already be suffering from trauma and
distress, and there is often no space or opportunity for them to play.

Unilab
Foundation believes that play is essential to a child’s holistic development,
which is why Play It Forward (PIF) was launched in 2012. All of PIF’s
activities are designed to highlight play and its significance to the mental health
of children, especially in vulnerable situations. Play It Forward uses therapeutic
play to provide psychosocial support to pediatric patients and to children in
post-disaster or disaster-prone communities.

This year, PIF takes play further with Play Advocacy Week 2018, a week-long campaign
to encourage everyone to take play seriously and to explore how play can be
integrated in today’s society. Happening
from November 18 to 24, Play Advocacy Week 2018 aims to make the public recognize
the importance of play in a child’s holistic development.

Play is not “laru-laro lang” (it’s just play and it’s
not important). According to Dr. Bles de Asis of the Mindfulness, Love and
Compassion (MLAC) Institute for Psychosocial Services, “Play is not just important
for the child’s healthy and total development—it is essential.” Play
can allow children as well as adults to rise up from challenges and regain the
strength to live a full life.

Play It Forward has
enabled access to play for thousands of children by facilitating play sessions
in hospitals and communities, therefore providing them with safe spaces they
need to release stress and build resilience. “Play It Forward hopes to reach
more communities and organizations through Play Advocacy Week. We invite everyone
to join our cause,” says Lilibeth Aristorenas, Executive Director of Unilab
Foundation.

Companies, organizations, families and individuals
can all become Play Champions to help make play happen for Filipino children, for
a healthier Philippines.Be part of the Play
Advocacy Week celebration by organizing your own activity in your respective
communities and groups, or spreading the word through social media.

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